The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-10-27
GEORGIA GLEANINGs.

01-O1lO1A OLEANlNGS.
Presidents proclamation appoints
Nov. oath, day Of thanksgiving.
J. S. McWilliams was killed at the
Mitchell street crossing on the Cen
trail Railroad track last Friday.
Floyd county carried off the ST.
600 prize tor the best county exhibit
at the Piedmont Fair, Atlanta.
Five thousand dollars in Confeder-
ate money brought 81 so at Macon
Wednesday. 1t was fshed up from
forgotten depths by Col. Alex. Goode.
Henry w. Grady of the Atlanta
Constitution is a bird fancier. He
has had eighteen pairs of pigeons
shipped him from Utica, N. Y.
Waterman Abel, of Macon, has
contract for furnishing 200 rats tor
the owner of valuable rafting dog
who will have rat killing time at
the fair.
Last week Mr.. II. S. Dutton, of
Bulloch county, arose in the morn
ing and found his wife lying beside
him dead. She apparently seemed
to be in good health the day before.
W. +. Bragg, who is farming near
Haynesville, in Houston county, has
made this year 100 bales of cotton on
a six mule farm-l50 acres cultivated
in cotton.
Rev. Walker Lewis, OF Columbus.
has been transferred to Nashville,
where he will be pastor of West End
Methodist church and chaplain of
Vanderbilt University.
The wife of Walker Chandler, of
Morgan's district, Hall county, was
delivered of three children, two boys
and one girl, at one birth, on Thurs
day of last week. Mother and babes
are all doing we'll.
j. P. Johnson, of Chattooga coun-
ty, has a pig born with only three
legs, there being no shoulderblade
on the lett side, or other indication
that a leg was ever intended to grow
there.
A Rabun county man was in
GAINESVILLE last week who had never
been in town larger than Clarks-
vile, and had never seen train of
cars. He was going down to the ex-
position, and no doubt had a good
time.
The merchants get some queer or
ders. Wednesday, johnson & Lane,
hardware dealers, of Macon, received
the following from Blakely; "Please
send me a sample OF your winter
clothing, and the price of meat and
coffee and the price OF your pistols
and all other hardware"
The Prohibition campaign in At
lanta is now on deck, and lively
fight is promised The main plank
in the anti-prohibition is high license,
and to confne the sale to the bust
ness centre of the city. The prohis
say they are ready for the fight, and
are ten times better prepared for it
than two years ago.
William L. Hanbaum, of Atlanta.
who has been stopping at the Cole
man House, New York, lost peck
etbook last Friday which contained
fifteen $1,000 certificates Oh the Sec
ond National Bank, of New York, as
we'll as drafts, papers and some cash.
The certificates, which were payable
to Mr.. Hanbaum's order, have been
cancelled, and, therefore, are useless
to the finder
At Atlanta Mrs. iodine Austell
has begun a suit for divorce from her
husband, W. W, Austell. The pa
pers have been filed with the CLERK.
OF the Superior Court. In her petit
ton the plaintiff asks for an absolute
divorce, alleging drunkenness and
cruel treatment.
lobe Holmes, colored man, OF
Perry, has worked five days of each
week this year tor /. d. Gurr, and
one day OF each week for himself
cultivated thirty-fye acres OF land. |
He has made on this land four bales
Of cotton, averaging 53l pounds; 100
bushels Of corn, % bushels of peas,
and about so bushels OF potatoes.
Two bales Of this cotton is clear off
all expenses, and lobe does not owe
a cent.
6ucElen's Arnica Salye